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Okay, I slept at like, 6 a.m. for this one.

My dad "accidentally" deleted my first work, so I had to do this again...

Yes, I love you guys that much :)

OHH ANG GAARA WON IN THE POLL! (OMG AMI DON'T KILL ME O.O) Thank you so much for voting!

Sorry if this was late though. It would've been early if my dad didn't use this laptop for so long :|

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO.

OCs were given by Amaya the night rain and Priestess of Jashin :D

on with the fic!

LASI'S POV

It started to rain. The sky was gray. Hidori didn't say a word. I didn't either. I don't know what to say to Akemi. She might blame me for Sasori's death…she'll probably say I took everything from her.

"Hey Lasi" Hidori said.

"Yeah?" I answered.

"What will we tell them when we get back?"

"…"

"Lasi?"

"I don't know…" Tears are filling up my eyes. The suddenly, we heard something from the bushes.

"Did you hear that?" Hidori whispered.

I nodded. We carefully went closer to the bush. It moved so quickly, and the next thing we know, Sasori's body was gone! We heard a crack behind us, and when we spun around, and we saw the culprit. She had black cat ears and a tail. She carried Sasori's body over her shoulder.

"Hey! Give that back!" Hidori screamed angrily.

"You guys are the Akatsuki, right?" She purred. (a/n: no pun intended)

"Why does it matter?" I snapped.

"Well, if you want puppet boy's body back, let me join your group."

"Oh we don't do it that way."

"Okay, I'll be leaving then." She turned around and did a few hand sings but I stopped her midway. "Wait!"

She turned around. "Hmm?"

"We'll take you for examination and questioning, it's up to our leader if we'd accept you or not."

"Fair enough" She said.

"Now hand over the body!" Hidori exclaimed.

"Ah, ah, ah! Not until we reach your base." She said.

I looked at Hidori and nodded. No use arguing, right?

"Deal" He frowned.

We walked through the forest and another cat-like ninja jumped in our path. She had blood red hair and yellow cat ears and tail.

"Amaya! What the hell are you doing here?" She asked.

"Oh great, another female feline!" I said.

"I'm gonna join them. Suck it up, Sayomi" Amaya said.

"Well that's not fair! I wanna join too!" The other one argued.

"Go home!"

"Fine. I'll tell EVERY SINGLE PERSON in our village about you and the Akatsuki!"

"No wait!" I interrupted.

She turned around. "Well?"

"You can come with us." I said unenthusiastically.

Hidori looked at me disappointedly.

"What?" I mouthed.

He rolled his eyes at me.

We reached the Akatsuki base and the two girls finally stopped bickering.

"Finally! Some peace and quiet!" I said.

We went inside, and no one was downstairs. Hidori and I left the two girls in the living room. We went upstairs to Leader-sama's office. We knocked on the door.

"You may come in." He said.

"Leader-sama, Akasuna no Sasori lost his battle with the ninjas from the hidden leaf." I said. He frowned.

"What happened?" He asked.

"W-we were too late…I-I tried to heal him but the damage was too great."

"Does Akemi know?"

"We haven't told her yet, sir. Maybe it was best if it came from you." Hidori explained.

"I see you point. Dismissed."

We went back downstairs to get the body wrapped up, and after that, we heard glass shatter. Hidori and I raced upstairs. Glass shattered again, and it came from Akemi's room. Hidori and I bust the door open. We saw Akemi in the middle of her room, her back against us and her hands were bleeding. She was breathing hard. She turned around to face us. She didn't say a word.

"A-Akemi, are you okay?" Hidori asked.

"Please leave my room" She said softly.

Hidori and I looked at each other and went for the door. We heard another loud sound downstairs. (a/n: LOL they keep hearing stuff xD)

"SHOW YOURSELVES, YOU COWARDS! NOBODY GETS PAST NARUTO UZUMAKI OF THE HIDDEN LEAF!" Said a familiar voice.

"Oh god it's that blonde kid again!" Hidori said.

"We better get down there." I answered.

We ran downstairs and saw the other members of Akatsuki plus the feline girls. I think they got accepted, 'cause they're already wearing cloaks. The ninjas from Konoha had other ninjas with them. Ninjas from Sunagakure. A battle was about to commence but when everyone was about to attack, someone yelled "Stop!"

We turned around to see who it was. It was Akemi, with bandages on her wounds and Tsukiko behind her back. The ninjas from Konoha and Suna looked up and they were shocked. A ninja with bushy eyebrows ran up the stairs and hugged (a/n: or GLOMPED) her.

"AKEMI! OH MY GOODNESS! YOU ARE ALIVE!" He exclaimed. (a/n: and everyone went like this: o.O)

"Lee! I need air! Air!" She gasped.

"Oh, sorry" Answered Lee, while scratching the back of his head.

"It's okay." She turned to us. "What's up with everybody? Why are you guys fighting?" She asked.

"We're not fighting, we just came here to rescue you." Said the silver-haired man.

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Okay then."

Hidan interrupted. "OKAY THEN?! We welcomed you and treated you like family and you're gonna go just like that?!" He angrily said.

"Now, now, Hidan. Calm down. It's her decision." Said Konan.

"Guys, guys, I won't leave yet!" Akemi exclaimed.

"But Tsunade-sama is looking for you!" The pink-haired girl said.

"Can I at least be at Sasori's funeral?" Akemi asked.

"But you—" The silver haired one, understanding Akemi's feelings, cut off the pink kunoichi. "Yes, Akemi. You may stay until the funeral is over."

"Thank you, Kakashi-sensei" Akemi answered.

During the funeral (Akemi insisted on having a proper burial), everyone had sad faces. Izumi and Akemi came, too. We didn't think that the Konoha ninjas will stick around, but they did. They said they were doing it for Akemi. After the funeral, we were about to say goodbye to Akemi, but she noticed something. Deteiku was missing.

"Akemi, we have to go now." Said Kakashi.

"B-but I h-haven't said goodbye to Deteiku yet! I have to find her!" Akemi demanded.

"Tsunade-sama won't be happy about this" A guy muttered. He had long hair and white eyes.

"I don't care about Tsunade-sama! I want to find Deteiku!" Akemi ran towards the forest to find Deteiku.

"Gaara! Neji! Temari! Go follow her!" Demanded the white-haired jounin.

"Hai, Kakashi-sensei!" All three said in unison.

The three ninjas disappeared. The blonde loudmouth looked angry.

"Kakashi-sensei, why didn't you send me to go look for her?!" He asked angrily.

"Because, your skill isn't for tracking." Kakashi answered.

"I have shadow clones!"

"You can't use your shadow clones anymore because you lost too much chakra!"

"But sensei!"

"Naruto, listen to Kakashi for once!" Said the pink-haired girl. She punched Naruto on the head.

"Ow! What was that for?"

"For being an IDIOT!"

+++MEANWHILE, AT THE FOREST+++

AKEMI'S POV

I wonder where Deteiku went? Why'd she leave the funeral?

"Deteiku! Are you there? Where are you?" I screamed into the forest. There was no answer.

Then, I suddenly heard pounding feet, then someone tackled me to the ground.

"GOTCHA!" Said Temari.

"TEMARI! What the heck?!" I asked angrily.

"Temari, get off her, please." Said a familiar voice.

Temari helped me up. "He, heh, sorry Akemi"

"S'okay." I answered.

"I'm glad to see that you're well, Akemi." Said the person behind me. I could feel him breathing on my neck. I spun around. It was Gaara.

"Gaara-kun!" I smiled.

"Hey there, panda" (a/n: He calls Akemi a panda because when they met, Akemi had really thick eyeliner on ((no thanks to Ino)), thus looking like a panda)

"Oh shut up, raccoon boy." I teased. He smirked.

"If you two would stop FLIRTING already, we'd be finished looking for Deteiku by now." Neji butted in.

"Somebody's jealous!" Temari cooed.

"Come on, Temari! We're not even flirting with each other!" I said.

"Mm-hmm" She responded.

"Well, anyway…let's go find Deteiku!"

"Right behind you, sis"

We searched everywhere, but we haven't found her yet.

"OMG I just remembered something" I said.

"What is it?" Temari asked.

"We have Neji!"

"FINALLY!" Neji answered.

"Why didn't you say anything?!" I asked.

"I was waiting for you to come to your senses"

"Ugh"

"I see her!" Neji exclaimed. (a/n: woah, OOC much?)

"Where?" I asked.

"Over there, idiot!"

"Heeeey!"

"Guys! Let's go get Deteiku, come on!" Temari said as she dragged me and Neji.

We reached where Deteiku was. She was crying against a tree.

"Deteiku, are you alright?" I asked as I walked towards her.

"Akemi?" She turned around.

"What's wrong?"

"Uhm, n-nothing"

"Are you sure?"

She burst into tears again. "I-I can't stand funerals!"

"Why?" I asked.

"I remember the deaths of my loved ones and I-I…it's just too awful!"

"Oh, I'm sorry about that…"

"I-It's okay."

"Deteiku, can we head back now? Everyone's worried about you."

"S-sure"

As we walked back, Gaara took my hand. My heart raced. When I looked at him, he just smiled at me.

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